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04/30/2015 12:01 AMThe Robbie Collomore Concert Series brings the award-winning Chiara String Quartet to the Chester Meeting House at 4 Liberty Street on Sunday, May 10 at 5 p.m. This will be the last concert of the Collomore Series’s 41st season.
The Chiara Quartet (Rebecca Fischer and Hyeyung Julie Yoon, violins; Jonah Sirota, viola; and Gregory Beaver, cello) has established itself as among America’s most respected ensembles, lauded for its “highly virtuosic, edge-of-the-seat playing” (The Boston Globe). They are currently Hixson-Lied Artists-in-Residence at the Glenn Korff School of Music at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and were the Blodgett Artists-in-Residence at Harvard University from 2008 to 2014.
Now in its 15th season, the Chiara Quartet is moving forward by taking a cue from the past. Harkening back to a tradition that is centuries-old and still common among soloists, the Chiara Quartet has adopted a new way of performing: from memory, without printed sheet music. After spending countless hours working towards playing their repertoire from memory, they now feel that sheet music is a distraction to the performance, instead of an aid.
Their Chester concert will feature string quartets by Mozart, Béla Bartók, and Brahms.
Tickets are $24 for adults, $5 for students, and can be purchased by calling 860-526-5162 or by visiting www.collomoreconcerts.org. A reception follows the concert. Refreshments will be provided by Gabrielle’s. The concert sponsor is Ryders Health Management.